Tashiniya and her group returned very quickly; the elves had just finished reporting on the latest developments on the first floor.
The atmosphere in the hall became lively with Tashiniya and her group's return.
"Pope! We're back!"
With a dazzling angel halo, Tashiniya excitedly ran in.
Su Lin always felt that Tashiniya's angel halo was quite useful.
At night, its self-contained brightness covered a much larger area than a torch, so there were naturally few monsters spawning around Tashiniya.
Unfortunately, her wings were completely decorative and she couldn't fly at all.
Su Lin had originally thought that Tashiniya would come with Elytra when entering the MC Dungeon.
Now it seems that industrially manufactured products are indeed much stronger than purely natural ones in some respects.
"Sit down."
Su Lin pointed to the seats reserved for them, but Tashiniya wasn't in a hurry to sit.
She pointed outside the door and chattered:
"Pope, I saw a new portal outside. Is that the world of the fifth floor?"
"It's so strange. I thought the fifth floor's portal would appear on the fourth floor."
Su Lin had actually considered this point.
According to the unwritten rules of many Dungeons on Aetherium Continent, deeper Dungeon portals only appear on the floor above.
However, after much thought, he still felt that instead of being like other Dungeons, it would be better to pile them all on the first floor.
This would facilitate management and resource transportation, and also avoid multiple teleports back and forth.
What's more, the MC Dungeon is not a pure Dungeon, so why must it follow the lead of other Dungeons?
Tashiniya wasn't concerned with the answer to the question; she just had endless things she wanted to talk about with Su Lin.
She was very good at and enjoyed sharing stories.
However, Aelita and her group were in a hurry.
The development of the first four floors had already sent them soaring like a rocket.
What kind of breakthrough would the loading of the fifth floor bring?
Aelita eagerly asked:
"Su Lin, can you tell us now? What is the fifth floor Dungeon called?"
"The fifth floor is a bit complex."
After a moment of thought, Su Lin slowly said:
"Before introducing the fifth floor, you must first understand what a mod is."
"Mod?"
"Exactly."
Sensing that Su Lin was about to add some very important knowledge points about the MC Dungeon, Lop immediately pulled out his notebook.
"Mods, you could say, are the theme of each floor of the MC Dungeon. For example, the ice and fire legend floor, as you've seen, apart from having more dragons and various magical beasts, is essentially not much different from the first floor."
"Basically, the fourth floor is the first floor of the MC Dungeon with the ice and fire legend mod loaded."
Aelita nodded thoughtfully.
After a moment of hesitation, she was still a bit puzzled.
"Is there a difference?"
"Of course there's a difference!"
Su Lin spread his hands.
"The lower the floor, the more themes the world has. For example, the fifth floor, its theme mods are already plural. Mods are the most important thing!"
This was something Su Lin had decided to tell Aelita and her group after careful consideration.
After all—
The subsequent MC Dungeon would become more and more complex. Without understanding mods, it would be impossible to develop the MC Dungeon well.
The rewards Su Lin received after accumulating enough development value could be summarized into three categories.
First, the number of times new worlds could be created.
Second, mods.
Third, command codes.
Among them, mods were the most fundamental reward. Mods were not fixed to a specific floor and offered strong operability.
So for the fifth floor, Su Lin planned to add not only the newly acquired mods but also the ice and fire legend.
He wanted to gradually build the MC Dungeon into an integrated modpack.
Currently, there seemed to be no conflicts—after all, ice and fire legend was considered one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the modding community; it could be added to anything!
"So, the fifth floor also has the ice and fire legend floor's theme mod—"
Hilulele finally understood a bit.
"You mean the fifth floor has two theme mods?"
"No, it's three."
"Three?!"
After a brief moment of dazed, but reacting quickly, Hilulele and the others exchanged glances, their excitement undisguised.
Just one ice and fire legend mod on the fourth floor had given them an unimaginable variety of magical beast cavalry.
Even the Dragon Rider Army had taken shape.
And the fifth floor had three such theme mods!
If they developed the fifth floor completely, what would the Elven Kingdom become?
Could it be that—
It was really going to become a divine kingdom on earth?
"The fifth floor MC Dungeon will be named after its core mod, so—"
Su Lin planted the prepared sign on the ground.
"The fifth floor is called Cataclysm."
Upon hearing this name, Aelita instinctively shivered.
This name—
It seemed even more frightening to elves than the second floor, which was called the Nether but was actually the Nether.
It didn't sound like a good place at all.
After a brief silence, Aelita looked at Su Lin with eager eyes.
"Is there a gentler nickname?"
"No, it's just called Cataclysm. The true core theme mod of the fifth floor is Cataclysm. Besides Cataclysm, ice and fire legend and Battou Sword are also loaded simultaneously."
To be honest, the two new mods loaded this time were completely within Su Lin's expectations!
As everyone knows, there are always new mods, but ice and fire legend, Cataclysm, and Battou Sword are constants.
Add Twilight Forest, and you have the beginner's four-piece set.
Later, add a few more like Tinkers' Construct, Lootr, Aether, Ale's Caves, Equivalent Exchange, VeinMiner—this modpack, you play it and never stop.
Actually, Su Lin really thought it would be Twilight Forest this time, as it's a classic. However, Battou Sword and Cataclysm are also quite powerful and practical mods in the permanent mod pool.
Su Lin liked them; at least he had played them.
Especially Cataclysm.
The moment he saw this mod, Su Lin had new hope.
He wanted to dual-wield Gatling guns.
By then, he would be clad in the Tengyan set, astride Nidhogg, with Yamato at his hip, dual-wielding laser Gatling guns.
Add a pair of sunglasses and a cigar—damage wasn't important; what was important was—being cool!
Just be cool!
Flying to the Demon Lord Army's main camp on a dragon, just standing there could randomly scare several Demon Lord Army soldiers to death.
"Su Lin, you're spacing out again!"
Aelita poked Su Lin in annoyance.
"Everyone is waiting for you to introduce Cataclysm."
Snapping back to reality, Su Lin also felt everyone's burning gaze.
If it were Li Qiaoqiao now, she would probably faint on the spot. Fortunately, Su Lin had always been thick-skinned.
Clearing his throat, Su Lin said:
"Let's first look at Battou Sword."
"Shouldn't you talk about Cataclysm first?"
"I like to save the best for last."
"...Your ability to prioritize is so bad!"
"You do it if you can!"
Glaring at Aelita, the latter reluctantly fell silent.
Su Lin then continued:
"Battou Sword is a weapon with built-in combat skills, primarily focused on crafting, refining, forging, and upgrading."
"It can be considered a powerful magical weapon with extremely strong popularization significance."
Although Battou Sword somewhat had the tragic grandeur of an aging hero after mods continuously iterated and developed, it was never abandoned by the times. At least, the appearance and attack stance of Battou Sword were still very cool. For Aetherium Continent, Battou Sword's strategic significance was even more extraordinary.
It was a powerful magical weapon that didn't require enchantment itself.
Most crucially, the Dimensional Slash, when used on Aetherium Continent, was a genuine spatial sword skill. As long as it wasn't misfired, it was quite unresolvable.
Moreover, when this weapon was placed in the hands of combat-proficient professionals, it wasn't difficult to maximize damage.
It could be said to be the MC Dungeon version of a commoner's divine artifact.
Compared to dragon blood weapons and the like, it provided stronger assistance to a nation's power growth.
"So, Battou Sword is a magical weapon with built-in spatial sword skills, and this weapon can also be popularized throughout the army?"
Veronika pursed her lips.
Even after staying in the MC Dungeon for quite some time, she had to admit that the shock this infinitely growing MC Dungeon brought her was also infinitely growing.
She secretly glanced at Hilulele and her group, Veronika's heart a mix of emotions.
The Elven Kingdom was about to prosper again. Aelita enumerated the excellent qualities of Battou Sword.
"Easy to craft, powerful abilities, high potential. If this weapon can be popularized throughout the army, the army's strength will rise again!"
"Plus the magical beast mounts provided by ice and fire legend—"
After a long silence, Aelita and Beixi exchanged glances, both aggressive elves with the same thought in their eyes.
"Taking off!"
Based on Su Lin's description of Battou Sword crafting, even obtaining high-level Battou Swords would be difficult, but popularizing the Katana White Sheath in the short term would be no problem.
After all, it only required iron ingots and gold ingots, plus a basic wooden Unnamed Blade Puppet.
The Elven Kingdom now had an abundance of these materials.
In fact, after a period of development, if they could figure out a way to set up a Soul Stream production line, they could directly upgrade the Katana White Sheath to a Great Katana with built-in spatial sword skills.
Su Lin had said that the Great Katana's damage was among the best in the "original Battou Sword mod."
If it was among the best even in the absurd mods of the MC Dungeon, imagine it on Aetherium Continent—
Wouldn't it be heaven-defying?
As for further upgrades to Senbonzakura Muramasa and Yuzuki Toushima, Aelita thought it wasn't necessary.
These were standard issue weapons for the army; there was no need to force Muramasa and Toushima just for the sake of looking cool.
It would be a waste of resources.
"Su Lin, let's go!"
Aelita finished her calculations and suddenly stood up.
"We're going to the fifth floor right now to make Battou Swords!"
"...You're not afraid of Cataclysm now."
"Cataclysm doesn't matter!"
Aelita placed her hands on her hips, speaking with conviction.
"We have the Totem of Undying; we can't die anyway. What's a little scare? The Battou Sword on the fifth floor is a business that yields ten thousand times its investment!"
Su Lin rolled his eyes and retorted:
"The Battou Sword on the fifth floor isn't that important. I said, Cataclysm is the most important theme mod."
After all, the mod loaded this time was just the original Battou Sword. Although it was very practical for Aetherium Continent.
Ultimately, it was just that. Aside from being cool, it couldn't compare to dragon steel equipment in terms of strength.
After all, Tinkers' Construct wasn't added, nor were other Battou Sword expansion mods. Not even Twilight Forest was loaded.
Things like Orochi Odachi couldn't be made; Yamato was the limit—
Indeed!
Mojang should have directly loaded Twilight Forest into vanilla MC, like the Nether and The End!
Snapping back to reality, facing the curious gazes of a group of eager learners, Su Lin said seriously:
"Compared to Battou Sword, the resources and equipment from the calamity mod are the most important. The calamity mod can give us gains no less than those from ice and fire legend."
"That powerful…"
Hilulele perked up, eagerly asking:
"Does Cataclysm have pets cooler than dragons?"
That really stumped Su Lin.
Although the calamity mod indeed had tameable pets, none of them seemed to fit Hilulele's fiercely destructive aesthetic!
Things like Leviathan, Overworld Remnant Soul, and Nether Alloy Beast sounded mighty, but the problem was that all the tameable ones were little guys, completely failing to inherit their parents' prestige.
For example, the juvenile Leviathan. Its father, Leviathan, was also known as the Ocean Godzilla.
It came with four hundred health and one hundred percent knockback resistance, with overpowered passive skills like water-free invincibility, shield break, and teleportation.
A single grappling Abyssal Shockwave provided strong crowd control, high damage, negative buffs, and could even shoot people from the side, a comprehensive, all-encompassing, wide-area catastrophic divine skill.
Hence its name—Nightmare Entanglement.
And the juvenile Leviathan?
Well—
It was quite cute.
An ocean kitten that started hissing at monsters.
Although its sustained damage wasn't low, it lacked the most crucial Abyssal Burn buff and couldn't grow larger.
Aelita might like this kind of small, cute magical beast, but Hilulele…
She would be considered to have a bottom line if she didn't feed the juvenile Leviathan to her own dragon.
Seeing Su Lin ponder for a long time without saying anything, Hilulele looked disappointed,
"So—there isn't, right?"
"Indeed. However, although there are no mounts cooler than dragons, Cataclysm has something more important than dragons!"
After a moment of pause, Su Lin said seriously:
"Science!"